"The Lion King" Is Getting Another Sequel AND a TV Show

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Great news for children of the '90s! The Lion King is getting a third sequel and another spinoff TV show, set to premiere on the Disney Channel in 2015 and 2016, respectively. That sound you hear is everybody attempting to sing the beginning of "Circle of Life" at once.

The Lion Guard (the title of both the TV movie and the accompanying series) will track the adventures of Simba and Nala's son Kion, who leads some sort of animal militia called the — you guessed it — Lion Guard. The group is responsible for keeping the peace on the plains of the Pride Lands, and will feature new characters including a cheetah, honey badger, and hippo. And of course, old favorites Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki, and Zazu will be back, along with Kion's older sister Kiara (she was in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride). Yes, this show is ostensibly for children, but there's a decent chance a good portion of its audience will be hungover twentysomethings watching it in secret Sunday mornings.